The People’s Republic of China weekend expressed its readiness to support Nigeria’s industrial growth especially in the area of automobile manufacturing. Chinese Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr Cui Jianchun, who spoke during a diplomatic fleet delivery by GAC Motor Nigeria and signing of a partnership agreement with the embassy in Abuja,Continue Reading
Morgan Stanley plans to ban people from entering its New York offices if they haven’t been vaccinated against COVID-19, according to a person familiar with the company’s plans. The policy will apply to employees and clients after July 12, and the system will rely on self-attesting. It’ll be enforced inContinue Reading
People who have had the Pfizer-BioNTech jab have lower antibody levels against the Indian Covid variant than those against other strains in the UK, new data suggests. The study also indicates that the level of antibodies against the strain lowers with increasing age and that they decline over time. ResearchersContinue Reading
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has said that some of the gunmen responsible for the ambushes and murders of security personnel in the state have been arrested and will face the full wrath of the law. Wike in a state broadcast on Saturday evening said the state government had undertakenContinue Reading
The federal government turned down a request by state governors to borrow from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to augment the N50 billion federation account allocation committee (FAAC) shortfall in March. Zainab Ahmed, minister of finance, budget and national planning, said this while speaking on Good Morning Nigeria programme,Continue Reading
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) which measures inflation further increased by 18.17 per cent in March compared to 17.33 per cent in the preceding month. According to the CPI Report for March, which was released Thursday by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), food inflation increased by 22.95 per centContinue Reading
For the first time in months, pub gardens, shops and hairdressers are reopening in England, as rules are also eased in the rest of the UK. Some pubs and salons opened at midnight, with one landlord saying there was a “sense of celebration”, and shoppers queued outside Primark stores. PrimeContinue Reading
In an apparent move to reduce the negative impact of COVID-19 on their risks assets, nine banks have significantly increased their impairment charges to N288.182 billion in 2020. The provisioning showed a jump of 113 per cent compared with N135 billion recorded in 2019. An impairment charge usually reflects aContinue Reading
The National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has found out that the chemical added to the killer flavoured drink that led to the death of three persons in Kano State contained ‘Hyroxylamine,’ used for terrorism. It said all the merchants of the deadly chemicals and additives hadContinue Reading
Shoppers got more than they bargained for at a Thailand 7-Eleven store when a giant monitor lizard walked in and climbed store shelves. People can be heard screaming and laughing in the background as the lizard reaches the top of a shelf and sprawls out near an ice machine. NarumpaContinue Reading
